> U.S. Reporter Michael Kelly Killed in Iraq > 6 minutes ago > WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michael Kelly, a former > editor-in-chief of The Atlantic Monthly who was > covering the war in Iraq, was killed along with an > American soldier in an accident involving their > Humvee > military jeep, magazine staff and U.S. officials > said > on Friday. > > The Atlantic Monthly said Kelly, who was embedded > with > the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division, died on > Thursday night while on assignment for the magazine > in > Iraq. He also wrote a weekly syndicated column for > The > Washington Post. > > > "This is the first friend and the best friend I made > in journalism," David Bradley, the chairman and > owner > of Atlantic Media, said in a statement. "In that > quarter of the heart, he can't be touched." > > > The circumstances and cause of the accident were > still > under investigation, U.S. defense officials said. > > > Kelly, who was until recently editor-in-chief at The > Atlantic Monthly, covered the 1991 Gulf War (news - > web sites) as a freelance correspondent for The New > Republic, GQ, and The Boston Globe. > > > He won high praise for his reporting on how U.S. > funds > helped pay to rebuild lavish palaces of Kuwaiti > leaders after the conflict. > > > Kelly was the fourth journalist killed in action in > the two-week-old war. The four journalists killed in > this war now equals the total number killed 12 years > ago in the Gulf War. Two additional journalists are > still missing in Iraq. > > > BBC cameraman Kaveh Golestan was killed by a land > mine > as he climbed out of a car in the northern town of > Kifri this week. The first victim, Australian > cameraman Paul Moran, was killed, also in the north, > by a March 23 car bomb Kurdish officials blamed on > the > militant Islamic group Ansar al-Islam. > > > Terry Lloyd, a reporter with Britain's Independent > Television News, was killed after coming under fire > on > the way to Basra in the south. Two of his crew are > still missing. > > > Britain's Channel 4 TV reporter Gaby Rado was found > dead at an Iraqi hotel, but his employers said the > death appeared to be unconnected to combat. > > > There are some 600 journalists who are "embedded" > with > U.S. and British forces. > > > Prior to his arrival at The Atlantic Monthly, Kelly > was the editor of National Journal, from 1998 to > 2000, > and of The New Republic, from 1996 to 1997. Kelly > was > survived by his wife, Madelyn, and two sons.
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